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Population (year 2000): 10,033. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,942 (+9.1% change)
Males: 4,516 (45.0%), Females: 5,517 (55.0%)
Putnam County
Zip codes:
32177.
Median resident age: 34.4 years
Median household income: $18,129 (year 2000)
Median house value: $51,600 (year 2000)
Races in Palatka:
- Black (48.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (47.5%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (10.4%), English
(5.6%), Irish (5.6%), German (4.5%), Scotch-Irish (1.9%),
Scottish (1.9%).
Elevation: 73 feet
Land area: 7.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Palatka
- High school or higher: 66.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 9.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Palatka city
- Never married: 31.1%
- Now married: 40.4%
- Separated: 4.1%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 12.5%
2.0% Foreign born (0.7% Europe, 0.7% Latin
America, 0.5% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -911 (-8.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Palatka:
- PUTNAM COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (HIGHWAY 20 W
DRAWER 778)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Palatka:
- KINDRED HOSPITAL NORTH FLORIDA (about 23 miles;
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FLAGLER SW BEDS (about 28 miles;
BUNNELL, FL)
- FLAGLER HOSPITAL WEST (about 30 miles; SAINT
AUGUSTINE, FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Palatka:
- ST AUGUSTINE (about 31 miles; ST AUGUSTINE, FL; ID:
SGJ)
- GAINESVILLE RGNL (about 43 miles; GAINESVILLE, FL;
ID: GNV)
- OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FIELD (about 52 miles; OCALA,
FL; ID: OCF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Palatka:
- KAY LARKIN (about 3 miles; PALATKA, FL; ID: 28J)
- KEYSTONE AIRPARK (about 30 miles; KEYSTONE HEIGHTS,
FL; ID: 42J)
- PIERSON MUNI (about 32 miles; PIERSON, FL; ID: 2J8)
Amtrak station:
PALATKA (11TH & REID STS.). Services: enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
College/University in Palatka:
- SAINT JOHNS RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(Full-time enrollment: 2,509; Location: 5001 ST JOHNS
AVE; Public; Website: www.sjrcc.cc.fl.us)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Palatka:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA (about 46 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 9,256)
- FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE (about 47
miles; JACKSONVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 10,495)
- STETSON UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; DELAND, FL; FT
enrollment: 2,966)
- UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (about 49 miles; GAINESVILLE,
FL; FT enrollment: 41,543)
- CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
OCALA, FL; FT enrollment: 3,101)
- EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY (about 53
miles; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 9,008)
- DAYTONA BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles;
DAYTONA BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 6,257)
Public high school in Palatka:
- PALATKA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,663;
Location: 302 MELLON ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Palatka:
- PENIEL BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 259;
Location: 110 PENIEL CHURCH ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- TEMPLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 46;
Location: PO BOX 966; Grades: KG - 12)
- PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL ACADEMY (Students: 15;
Location: RT 4 BOX 1506; Grades: 1 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Palatka:
- ROBERT H. JENKINS, JUNIOR MIDDLE (Students:
767; Location: 1100 N 19TH STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- W. H. BEASLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 722;
Location: 1100 S 18TH STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
701; Location: 141 KELLEY SMITH SCHOOL R; Grades: PK -
05)
- JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
520; Location: 1400 OLD JACKSONVILLE HIG; Grades: PK -
05)
- RIVERBREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 467;
Location: 1100 HUSSON AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- MELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 412;
Location: 301 MELLON ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 329; Location: 1001 HUSSON AVENUE; Grades: PK
- 05)
- ELEANOR H. MILLER SCHOOL (Students: 123;
Location: 156 HORSEMAN CLUB ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER (Students: 74;
Location: 200 MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 03)
- PUTNAM COUNTY EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION
(Students: 18; Location: 156 HORSEMAN CLUB ROAD; Grades:
PK - 12)
Library in Palatka:
- PUTNAM COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $751,006; Location: 601 COLLEGE RD.; 83,225
books; 2,628 audio materials; 3,445 video materials; 335
serial subscriptions)
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